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Good morning, readers. Welcome to the Maven's Morning Coffee -- a listing of the important headlines, news conferences, public meetings and announcements you need to know to fuel up and tackle your day.

Today is Wednesday, March 27, and here is what's happening in Los Angeles:

Headlines

L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson is on "bended knees, praying" that the Farmers Field stadium gets built, reports the Los Angeles Times. "I believe Los Angeles is the place for a team. We can’t bully our way into it. When you look at the Farmers Field project, it’s the only project in town that’s pretty much shovel-ready," he says.

Wendy Greuel says her opponent, Eric Garcetti, is fudging the numbers when it comes to what he's done for job creation, according to the Los Angeles Times. During Garcetti's time as city council president, which coincided with the recession, the city's unemployment rate went from 5.9 percent to 13.3 percent.

The former chair of the California Fair Political Practices Commission wants to ban state lawmakers from fundraising when the Legislature is in session, reports the Sacramento Bee. "Human nature being what it is, a large check written six months before a key vote is simply not going to have the same impact as that same check written 20 minutes before that same vote," says Dan Schnur, who now runs the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC.

The final votes are in from the March 5 primary and Gil Cedillo and Jose Gardea are headed to a runoff in the First District, reports KPCC. Cedillo received 49.32 percent -- falling just short of the votes needed to avoid the May election.

The group East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice will protest at Getty House on Friday against a Port of L.A. railyard project, reports the Daily Breeze. Community groups believe the Southern California International Gateway project will create greater pollution for the low-income residents in the area.

The LAPD is looking at accepting online police reports, according to NBC 4.

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti changed the profile pictures on their Facebook accounts Tuesday to show their support for same-sex marriage, reports LAObserved. (Some reporters changed their profile pictures to the campaign logo, too.)

A brief detour to New York to point out that Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't like to smile, per New Republic.

Pressers

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will join USC President C.L. Max Nikias to sign the development agreement for the USC Village. 9:30 a.m. at University Village.

Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti will discuss his support from labor at a 2:45 p.m. news conference at SEIU Local 1877.

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